Synonyms of probability

probability

noun

ˌprä-bə-ˈbi-lə-tē 

1

as in likelihood

the quality or state of being likely to occur

the plot of the movie thriller was exciting and surprising but woefully lacking in probability

Synonyms & Similar Words

• likelihood
• possibility
• liability
• plausibility
• credibility
• potentiality
• reasonableness
• feasibility
• viability
• plausibleness
• reasonability
• feasibleness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• improbability
• unlikelihood
• unlikeliness
• impracticability
• dubiousness
• doubtfulness
• impracticality
• implausibility
• incredibility
• incredibleness

2

as in odds

a measure of how often an event will occur instead of another

the probability of flipping a coin and getting heads 50 times in a row is not good

Synonyms & Similar Words

• odds
• chance
• percentage
• possibility
• potential
• prospect
• contingency
• potentiality
• outlook
• conditional probability

Examples of probability in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

My college years contained less chess, but lots of problem sets in math, economics, and statistics—many of them involving probability theory. —Idrees Kahloon, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024

The probability of selecting an unrelated person at random who could be the contributor of the partial major component in this DNA profile is approximately 1 in 550.5 quintillion. —CBS News, 17 Aug. 2024

There is an extremely low probability that two completely different documents will generate one and the same hash, however, and that poses a security risk. —Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2024

The most likely outcome is that the recent shaking won’t trigger anything, even though the probability of a large earthquake is higher. —Reuters, NBC News, 15 Aug. 2024